Foundation program offering tax-time help

Tis the season to file for 2017’s income taxes, with the Internal Revenue Service starting to accept returns last week.

The IRS plans to receive 155 million individual tax returns this year, with the filing deadline set for April 17. Usually falling on the 15th, this year that date is on a Sunday, and the holiday observance of Emancipation Day in Washington D.C. the following day pushes the deadline further out to April 17.

For Wrangell taxpayers, a program sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons Foundation will be offering free filing assistance. Ann Schnell and Paula Ra...